1) Give it up to Joyce Cohen for our favorite Hunt column in ages. Can you say "tracking the 184 Kent diaspora?" We knew you could: check out a couple raising a 16-year-old in 184 Kent who are forced to flee to Fort Greene after once again being "kicked around Brooklyn by development." The humanity. [Joyce Cohen/The Hunt]
2) The Syrian Jews of Gravesend may have found a way to stop gentrification: buying and selling homes "for at least twice as much as houses of comparable size and condition a few blocks away." The homes are bought only "to be torn down and replaced with ever more luxurious mansions." And the cycle of life continues apace. [William Neuman/NYTimes]
3) Checking in on the opposition to the proposed 45-story Trump Hotel in Hudson Square, The Donald has this to say to those who think he's twisting the zoning laws: "They're incorrect. They're wasting their time. We absolutely have the right of zoning. All the plans are finalized. It'll be a great building." There you go, naysayers—happy now? [NYPost]
4) Interior design guru Susie Slesin takes a tour of 110 Central Park South (top) and discovers the smaller A-Line unit that, although lacking a dinette, is "probably fabulous enough." For shame. [Suzanne Slesin/Window Shopping]
5) The construction of a 2,300 home development by the beach in the Rockaways has caused residents and merchants to take notice. No, really. [City Section]